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Year 9 Design Engineering Global Design Challenge

This year students in the Design Engineering Academy have been collaborating with a school in India as part of Swinburne’s Global Design Challenge. Students have been learning about forensic science and were invited to Swinburne to become crime scene investigators.

Students were able to learn a range of skills through fingerprinting, polygraph testing, solid testing and many more investigations to solve a murder. The students had a fantastic day and it was nice to see the school’s name on the honour board for our students' achievements in the STEM disciplines.

Year 10 Design Engineering Global Innovation Challenge

Through our partnership with Swinburne, our year 10 Design Engineering Academy students competed in the Swinburne Global Innovation Challenge against schools from across Victoria. 

In teams, students undertook a design sprint based on one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus, students participated in a design thinking workshop and then completed a master class in an area of interest to them. 

Students now have to develop a video pitch for their designed solution and the winners will be announced next term.

Day of AI - Second in the country!

Congratulations to Keely X and Shravani B for coming second place in the National Day of AI competition. Over 20,000 students participate in the program across the country and students are given the opportunity to design a use of artificial intelligence to improve their community. 

As part of their prize, both girls have won a work experience placement at one of Australia’s top technology companies.

Year 9 DEA RMIT Excursion

On the 11th of October the Year 9 Design Engineering Academy students explored RMIT's biotechnology labs, advanced manufacturing precinct and BioFab3D at St Vincent's Hospital, some of Melbourne's leading developers in biotechnology.

Students were able to talk to experts from various fields about the emerging trends in biotechnologies including nanotechnologies, 3D printing of titanium body parts and even the 3D printing of human tissue. Students will use this experience as inspiration for their own biotechnology projects which they will present later this term.

Ms Bowles

Arts DDT Domain Leader